(1.) At this stage of the hearing of the writ petition, the learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the Respondents had submitted that Rule 38-C has been introduced in the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959, which had come into force, on 11.2.2011.
(2.) Rule 38-C of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959, reads as follows:
(3.) In view of Rule 38-C of the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959, it is for the Petitioner to make an application to the District Collector concerned, in the form, as provided in Appendix-XX, under Clause 3 of the said Rule, for the grant/renewal of licence for the storage and transportation of sand.